YOUTUBE FOR SOCIAL LEARNING: TEACHING THE COMPLEXITIES OF COOPERATION

Course overview

The concept of cooperation is exceptionally complex, yet it underlies academic and social success. Many students with social learning challenges struggle to understand and demonstrate cooperation in the many contexts in which it is called for. This webinar will introduce several wonderful YouTube videos in which characters demonstrate various forms of cooperation, accompanied by structured activities to support students first in talking about the characters and then in talking about themselves. Activities to build cooperative abilities will be introduced, as well as visual supports to make the learning more effective. You will walk away with ideas you can immediately use. Objective Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: List 4 social thinking concepts that underlie cooperation Explain how cooperation is a social concept that underlies Core Curriculum Standards Demonstrate two activities to accompany a selected YouTube video to teach the concept of cooperation to a student with whom they work. Explain how to move a student from talking about cooperation relative to an online video to self-reflection about their own ability to cooperate.